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Monday, August 5, 2013

I'm too busy...

“Beware the
barrenness of a busy life.” – Socrates

I found that
little saying on-line when I decided to write a quick piece about being too
busy to write anything lately on my blogs. It has to be a quick piece, because
I’m so busy. There is within that simple saying there’s lots of truth and
insight. We (I) get so busy with things sometimes that we have no time left for
family, friends or other things that are important to a healthy, balanced life.
And when I do pause on what I’m busy doing, sometimes I realize that much of
what is stealing my time is way less important than the things that I’m
ignoring.

I suspect
that things like smart phones and the Internet have contributed greatly to this

problem. Because we are almost always “connected”, it is easy to fall into the
trap of thinking that anything and everything that shows up in a text message
or an email is important enough to demand our attention and right away. Seldom
is that really the case. Taken to its extreme one sees people sitting and
staring at their phones and exchanging messages that go somewhat along these
lines: 1 - “What are you doing?” 2 - “Nothing, what are you doing?” 1-
“Nothing, too. Where are you?” 2 – “At the Mall.” 1- “Me, too. Where?”2- “At the food court.” 1 – “Me too. Wave or something.”
2- “I see you.” 1 – “I see you too. Well I’ve gotta go.” 2- “Bye.” Did that
keep them busy for a while? Yes. Was it good use of their time? You decide.
But, they are connected.

So, I’m
trying now not to schedule every minute of every day, or not to get stressed
out if I don’t make it to every event that I’ve been invited to attend and not
to let my job consume all of the time that it seems to demand. There is always
going to be something else in real estate that I could be doing – another
appointment I could be trying to make, another Comparative Market Analysis I
could be researching, another class I could be taking or another open house I
could be conducting. At the end of the day, I don’t want to go to bed thinking
about all of the things that were left undone. I’d rather go to bed with some
pleasant thoughts of things that I did with family and friends; things that I
enjoyed, not things that I felt I had to do.

It is not
easy for me. My wife often admonishes me for being a workaholic and I am. I
think it is important realize that and admit it. Just as it is important for
people to admit to being an alcoholic, if that is the case. The first step to
fixing things is to realize there is a problem and admit it to yourself and
others.I’m sure that there are probably
workaholic therapy groups, like there are groups for alcoholism, but I don’t
know of any locally. I probably couldn’t find time to go anyway – I’m too busy.
Is that my phone ringing?

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I'm a pre-Baby Boomer who just happens to be into technology and the Web. I created and maintain 6 Web sites - three for real estate (see above for links), one for the Milford Historical Society, one for teh Milford Car Show and one for my church. I've been a Realtor for a little over 10 years.
Prior to selling real estate, I had a 30 year career selling and marketing computers and related software and services for a variety of IT industry companies, many of them now long gone - Burroughs, Digital Equipment, Compaq, HP, EMC and SGI. I still keep up with what's happening in that space.
Now, I focus upon real estate, with a specialty in historic houses in and around the Milford, Michigan area. I'm also focusing more andmore on the needs of aging home buyers, since that is a category into which I fall myself.
I hope that you enjoy reading my blog as much as I enjoy creating it. Feel free to let me know your opinions or to add your comments to mine. I also have another blog - normsmilfordblog.com that is a bit more unpredictable in its content. Try it if you haven't already.I'm also on activeRain, Facebook, Linked In and Twitter.